Revlon Matte and Lacquer Balms | Review

A few weeks ago after hearing a lot of hype I
purchased a few of the Revlon Matte and Lacquer balms. I didn’t buy these for a
really long time and I wasn’t excited about their release because of their scent,
it may sound strange but when you hate the smell of mint as much as I do the
idea of that in a lip products makes me want to cry but after seeing the
beautiful colours and being told you couldn’t smell it once it was on, so I picked
up a few which I will show you shade by shade, left to right in the picture
above.

Vivacious

Unapologetic

Audacious

Elusive

Vivacious is the only lacquer balm I picked up because
I thought I would like the matte ones a lot more but I think this is actually a
little more up my street. I really like the formula of this because it is super
moisturising which is something I look for in lip products because I have ridiculously
dry lips. The colour payoff is incredible and the high shine finish is
beautiful! If you look at a tester of this you can see that it has shimmer in
it however once it is applied you can’t see it at all. I would definitely be
interested in buying more of these.

I picked up three of the matte balms,
Unapologetic, Audacious and Elusive, firstly I love the names and I think the
colours are really pretty. Unapologetic is my favourite and it is a very
vibrant pink, I wore this on a driving lesson and my instructor’s first comment
was “wow your lipstick is bright”, so it is definitely not one for the faint
hearted but it I a beautiful, beautiful Summer colour. Audacious I wore in a
recent YouTube video and I was left a comment by a viewer saying that she loved
my lip colour and I like it too. When I first bought it I was a little scared
of it but I had to have it as I really like orange and I think it looks really
nice, especially if you have a tan. I predict this becoming a Summer staple.
The last colour I bought was Elusive which is a much more subtle pink colour
and I really like this but I find it the most difficult to work with colour
wise, I’m not sure why, I always like it when it’s on but it feels like it should
have been different slightly, I can’t explain it, nevertheless I’ve still worn
it a lot and I do like it. As they are matte they last a long time without being
drying, who knew matte products could have a moisturising formula?

In terms of the scent issue, the only time you can
smell it is when you’re applying it but once it’s on you are left with a minty
tingly, I’ve just brushed my teeth, feeling which I’m not the biggest fan of,
however most people love mint so will probably love the scent of these.